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1. Harriet Harman 'happy to be overruled' on tax credit cuts

Reply to LeftishBrit (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 06:43 AM

Jul 2015

Difficult to see any way to put a positive spin on the way this has been mishandled by Harman

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33503188

Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman is "perfectly happy" for her backing of tax credit cuts to be reversed, the BBC understands.
A source close to Ms Harman told BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith she had been setting out "an attitude" not a final policy.
Ms Harman faced a Labour backlash after saying the party would not oppose Budget plans to limit child tax credits to the first two children.
She will address Labour MPs later.

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